Detection of Cm-244 in Plutonium-Bearing Wastes at Reprocessing Facilities

Year
2004
Author(s)
D.H. Beddingfield - Los Alamos National Laboratory
A.P. Belian - Los Alamos National Laboratory
Abstract
There is concern that small amounts of curium present in reprocessing facility low-activity wastes can interfere with plutonium verification measurement of these wastes. In this paper we present calculational data showing the effect of curium presence on verification measurements and methods of discriminating between curium and plutonium for certain cases that may be encountered during verification activity.